Finchbearer
Istar
So many people are going down the diy route and cutting out the middle man, look at the success of YouTube, and artists who sell their work via social media or who have grown an audience through social media. People have just realised that they can do it all themselves with a little know how, and I both understand and respect that, because I think it has become ever more apparent that the traditional way of doing things is often a pain in the proverbial.
Why pay a gallery to exhibit your work when you can take to Instagram for free, and sell direct to your consumer, or why wait until a production studio or channel give you a programme when you can literally take your phone, edit your own videos and stick them on YouTube?? Same goes for the publishing world.
But, I can see the value in a good agency and a good publisher who will work with you and *help* make your writing a success. In the end you have to be the one producing something that others will want to be a consumer of.
Why pay a gallery to exhibit your work when you can take to Instagram for free, and sell direct to your consumer, or why wait until a production studio or channel give you a programme when you can literally take your phone, edit your own videos and stick them on YouTube?? Same goes for the publishing world.
But, I can see the value in a good agency and a good publisher who will work with you and *help* make your writing a success. In the end you have to be the one producing something that others will want to be a consumer of.